Tank for gasolene-engines.



W. H. SMITH.-

TANK FOR GASOLBNB ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1912.

1,083,41 8. Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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AAHQEPWPP file August? we aeria a r-me ea tank with means for separatingfrom the gasolene all water or other impurities before the gasoleneleaves the tanli and is used as a gas producing agent in the engine.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedgasolene tank. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the tank shown in Fig. 1. Fig.3 is an enlarged diametricalsection on the'line' a-a in Figs. 1 and 2with a pet-cock added. Fig. 4 is a top view of filter shown in themiddle of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section about as on the line b-b Fig. 2 onan enlarged scale of a modification of the water separating device.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, l designates the maingasolene tank for a gasolene engine. The top of the tank is providedwith a cover 2 of any suitable construction. The bottom 3 of the tankinclines toward one side of the tank so that any water contained in thegasolene or other gas producing fluid in'the tankl will gradually sinkand move to the lowest part of the bottom and is there permitted to passthrough a tube 4 into a water pocket .or com?" partment 5, which may besuspended by said tube 4 and another tube 6, or it may besecureddirectly to thetank 1, as in Fig. 5, thus dispensing with thetube 6, leaving only the aperture 7 in the bottom The tube 4 preferablyextends considerably downward into the water receptacle, as clearlyshown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, so that the water is guided by the tube tothe bottom of the receptacle while the gasolene gradually escapes upwardthrough the aperture 7 and tube 6 when the latter is used.

8 is a pet-cock for emptying the water out of the receptacle 5 one ormore times a year as may be required. Of said cock only the tube 9 isshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5.

The bottom 3 of the main tank has pref erably a central aperture 10surrounded by i se me a can 12 ha ing-a en ee ng 13. Within said cap isprovided a ring 14, whose lower side is covered by a piece of chamoisskin 15 and its upper side by a similar piece 16, both of which areclampingly held one between the ring and the cap, the other between thering and the bottom 3 near around the opening 10. Below said opening issecured to the bottom 3 a compartment 17 having in its'bottoma nippleRatentedlelik- 6.1.9214.

a fixed screw threaded collar 11, upon which 18 from which the gasoleneis supplied to the mixing chamber of the engine through suitable piping(not shown.

In the use or operation of the device the gasolene is poured into themain tank 1- and is filtered by passin through the chamois 16 and 15into the ow'erfsiceptacle 17 while the precipitated waterf d iist anddirt which can not pass throng the cha-- mois, or fallv beyond the same,find. their way down into the receptacle 5, the agitation of thegasolene in mostengines preventing even the. dust and sand from lodgingupon the filter, especially as the latter is inclined the same as thebottom 3.

' One of the many modifications which are unnecessary to specify, asthey come within the scope and spirit of the invention, is the omissionof the tube 6 and even the aperture 7 since by making the tube 4 wideand short. the gasolene in the receptacle 5 may escape upward through,the same opening that permits the water to enter said receptacle.

What I claim is it, of a lower gasolene compartment below said apertureand provided with an outlet from which to feed gasolene to the engine,and a filtering means covering the aperture in the bottom of the maintank, said filtering means consisting of a removable screw cap I 1. In agasolene tank for engines, tl1e combination with a main gasolenecompart- 'ment having a bottom with an aperture in having a centralopening, a ring within the cap and two filtering sheets, one of which isclamped between the ring and the cap, the other between the ring and themain bottom around the aperture therein.

2. In a gasolene tank ,;fo r.engines, the combination with a maingaslenecompartment having a bottom with an aperture in it, of a lowergasolene compartment below said aperture and rovided with an outlet fromwhich to fee gasolene to the engine,

and filtering means covering the aperture in the bottom of the maintank, said bottom being inclined and' at its lowest point provided withan aperture, a receptacle fixed 5 below said aperture and. communicatingtherewith, and means for emptying said receptacle through its bottom, atube extending from said aperture toward the bottom of the receptacle,and means for permitting the gasolene in the receptacle to escape up 10Ward into the main tank When Water accumulates inthe receptacle.

In testimony whereof I el'fix my signa ture, in presence of twoWitnesses.

WM. H. SMITH. Witnesses A. M. CARMEN, A. E. CARLSEN.

